Summary This is the first direct meeting between Taliban and the government committee.
TAL (Dunya News) – A meeting between government negotiating committee and the Taliban shura is underway at an undisclosed location in Tal area of Waziristan.
According to sources, both sides are discussing matters related to ceasefire along with the exchange of prisoners.
Members of government and Taliban committees arrived in Spintal of Tehsil Shawal in North Waziristan on Wednesday to hold a meeting with Taliban Shura.
This is the first direct meeting of the government committee with Taliban, aiming at carrying the dialogue process forward.
Both the committees are likely to deliberate the way forward to make the dialogue process successful and bring peace in the country.
Four-member dialogue committee is headed by Habibullah Khattak, which also include Rustam Shah Mohmand, Fawad Hassan Fawad and Arbab Arif.
The Taliban had announced a month-long ceasefire on March 1 and the negotiators say they are asking the militants to extend it.
After the Taliban ceasefire, the government had also suspended airstrikes on the Taliban hideouts in Waziristan tribal region as a positive response.
Series of attacks including a deadly suicide attack on the judges and lawyers in Islamabad on March 3 had posed serious threats to the fragile ceasefire.The Taliban, however, had denied any involvement. A little known militant group, Ahrar-ul-Hind, had claimed responsibility for the court's attack.
